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incunabula
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n. (plural of incunabulum English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Incunabulum \In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Incunabula . [L. incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In- , and Cunabula .] A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
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Incunabula is the debut album by British electronic music duo Autechre , released by Warp Records on 29 November 1993 and is the seventh album in the Artificial Intelligence series. The album's title has also been typeset as (Incunabula) , as all Artificial ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"swaddling clothes," also, figuratively, "childhood, beginnings;" 1824, from Latin incunabula (neuter plural), ultimately from cunae "cradle," from PIE *koi-na- , from root *kei- "to lie; bed, couch."
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Yama and Telmon had most of the major verses of the Puranas by heart, and were guided by Zakiel to read extensively in chrestomathies and incunabulae, but while Telmon dutifully followed the program Zakiel set out, Yama preferred to idle time away dreaming over bestiaries, prosopographies and maps—most especially maps.